PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
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This package contains introspection data for the PackageKit
GLib interface library.
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It can be used by packages using the GIRepository format to generate
dynamic bindings.

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
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This package provides an advanced library to access PackageKit using GLib.
It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which
peform the "transaction dance".

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
.
This package provides an advanced library to access PackageKit using GLib.
It makes use of only async D-Bus calls and provides high level tasks which
peform the "transaction dance".
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This package provides the header files and documentation for the advanced
PackageKit library based on GLib. It makes use of only async D-Bus calls
and provides high level tasks which peform the "transaction dance".

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing
software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
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The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by
the corresponding distribution. PackageKit is not meant to replace
advanced tools like Synaptic.
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The main benefits are:
- unified interface on several distributions
- fine grained privileges by using PolicyKit
- independency from a running desktop session during the processing

This package includes debugging symbols for PackageKit
libraries, backends and command-line tools.
PackageKit is a package management abstraction layer which
allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus
interface
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Most people will not need this package.